Parion, bronze (CN type 21298)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-1 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Parion in Mysia dated ca. 200-1 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21298. Obverse: Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet. Reverse: Female figure (Persephone?) seated right on rock, holding a snake coiled around her.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 4.66 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Parion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Draped bust of Athena to right, with helmet.
- Reverse type
- Female figure (Persephone?) seated right on rock, holding a snake coiled around her.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΑΡΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21298
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21298
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 282-283, nr. 13, pl. 7, pic. 3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 387, nr. 648
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution